Improvement in wood-sole sxhoes



W. GAMPBRT.

Wood-Sole Shoes.

No. 203,608. Patented May 14", I878.

WITNESSES:

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ATTORNEYS.

MPETERS, FHOTO-LITHDGRAPHR, WASMINGfON. D, c.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM GAMPERT, OF KEOKUK, IOWA.

IMPROVEM ENT IN WOOD-SOLES HOES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 03,608, dated May 14,1878; application filed April 15, 1878.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM GAMPERT, of Keokuk, in the county of Lee andState of Iowa, have invented a new and useful Improvement inWooden-soled Shoes, of which the following is a specification:

Figure 1 is a section of a shoe made in accordance with my invention,taken through the line 00 as, Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is a bottom view of thesame.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The object of this invention is to furnish improved wooden soles forattachment to boots and shoes of any and every kind, which shall be soconstructed as to make them suitable for general use, and which at thesame time shall be simple in construction, strong, durable, and light,and not liable to get out of order.

The invention consists in wooden-soled shoes in which the soles are madein two parts, clamping the edges of the uppers between them, and securedto each other at their forward parts by a wedge-block formed upon orattached to the insole, to enter a wedge-slot in the outer sole, and attheir rear part by screws, as hereinafter fully described.

A is the inner part or sole, which is placed upon the last in the samemanner as an ordinary insole in shoe-making. The parts of the outersurface of the sole A upon which the edges of the uppers rest are thencovered with a suitable water-proof cement, and the edges of the uppersB are drawn over it and secured by small nails or tacks. The outersurface of the insole A and the outer surface of the overlapping edgesof the upper B are then covered with some suitable cement, and

the outer sole 0 is applied. Upon the outer part of the insole A, nearits forward end, is formed, or to it is attached, a wedge-block, a,which enters the wedge-slot 0 formed in the outer sole 0, so as to keepthe forward parts of the said soles securely in place so long as theirrear parts are held together. The rear parts of the soles A G aresecured together by screws D passing through the insole A and into theheel E, formed upon or attached to the rear part of the outer sole (3.

The screws D are supported and kept from splitting the insole A by ametal plate, F, placed upon or let into the inner surface of the rearend of insole A, and through which the said screws D pass, as shown inFig. 1, and in dotted lines in Fig. 2.

With this construction wooden-soled shoes may be easily and convenientlymade, and when made will be neat in appearance, strong, and durable.

The wooden soles A C may be made of any desired lightness, as the kindof the shoe to which they are to be attached may require.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent A wooden-soled shoe in which the sole is made in twoparts, A G, clamping the upper B between them, and secured to each otherat their forward part by a wedge-block, a", formed upon or attached tothe part A, to enter a wedge-slot, c, in the outer portion 0, and attheir rear part by screws D, substantially as herein shown anddescribed.

WILLIAM GAMPERT.

Witnesses:

J OSEPH G. ANDERSON, R. JAMEs ANDERSON.

